Using Pond Water In Aquaponics | Ask The Aquaponics God
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
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I am thinking of building a pond aquaponic system for my thesis.
Thank you for the information, I'll make sure to keep rainwater out.
I was able to get a small pad of bacterium from Dallas Hydroponics. My plants started growing well right off the bat. It took my fish tank went clear and all the levels went to normal in about 3 days. Then my granddaughter poured a bunch of feed into the tank. I have had high Nitrite level since, but all the other metrics were normal.
One consideration is if the pond has issues with excess nutrients because it's also used as the water source for livestock. If it's at a lower elevation than the rest of the property, then it would have more nutrients after a rain from livestock runoff. That's the case at my grandparents ranch. It wouldn't be as efficient as the systems Brooklyn advocates for, but it would be about the only scenario in which a pond could be used. I'd probably just plant a few fruiting trees near it up hill from it, then divert water to those on a timed basis. Use manure from the cattle stalls occasionally to supplement the fertilization of the trees. Keep the trees far enough from the pond so fruit doesn't fall in. Having the trees up hill allows unused water to flow back to the pond. If not too far away, some of the roots could reach to the pond and allow the trees to aid further in reducing the likely algae problems. I'm not an aquaponics expert in the least, Brooklyn is. I'm from a family of farmers and landscapers. I know a bit of traditional farming methods, which would be a better use of pond water as a supplement to traditional fertilizer methods.
have u ever use ozone gas with fish system ? and what the advantage and disadvantages of ozone with fish close system ?
Can you use worm tea or compost tea (2 tbsp molasses, 2 tbsp sea weed extract, 2lb cocoa peat, 3lb manure/ worm casting) to a 55gallon barrel once a week in aquaponics? Which tea brew may be more beneficial to the system? What are the benefits, negative effects? If so, will the benefits be significant? How will the fish react to this?
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Christopher Dinanath Hey Christopher, welcome to the channel. Before answering your question, I want to know what would be the purpose or objective for adding this to your system? What results are you expecting to gain out of it?
The results I would expect to see are those of the traditional soil applications, if not improved results. I have applied compost and/or worm tea to several of my leafy green crops in my tropical location and have experienced larger and earlier harvest. My question to you is, since the aquaponics is a closed system, where bacteria can be cultured in a controlled environment would there be any substantial improvements or losses with respect to it's beneficial applications in the soil environment, but first of all I would like your advice on whether it can even be applied at all, regarding it's effect on the fish and pH of the water.
Of course I leave any criticism to you, I appreciate your unbiased approach to any and all modes of crop cultivation, and as such would be thankful for any pointers.
Great videos once again!
In my future AQP system, I will initially grow tomatoes, cucumbers (dutch bucket) and green leaves (dwc). Do you advise a sequence of how to do the plumbing? No filters, straight to the buckets? Does the distribution of water influence the distribution of nutrients in an aquaponic system? Thank you again and I'm still waiting for your other courses.
Can you elaborate on your question a bit more when you ask "Does the distribution of water influence the distribution of nutrients in an aquaponic system?"
I mean if the water should circulate first in plants with higher nutritional requirements, which I believe are the larger ones like tomatoes and cucumbers ...
If you have a correctly sized system, sufficient feed inputs, and proper flow rates then the order in which you arrange your plants will be insignificant. In this situation, plants that receive the first exposure to nutrients do not take them up fast enough to prevent other crops from receiving adequate amounts of nutrients. If any of these variables are incorrect e.g. flow rates too slow, too many plants, not enough feed input, then you can probably expect issues to arise with plants that are last to receive nutrients.
Next week we can do a video on arrangements for dutch buckets and DWC systems to help you out a bit more.
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I have too much Nitrites in my fish pond. Help.
Are you sure that it's nitrites? have you tested the water? what is the ppm reading from the test?
I am so sorry. I have a 40 gallon tank with 30 small gold fish in it. Total water in my system is about 96 gallons including the sump 50 gallon tank and 7 Dutch buckets. My plants are growing great bright green all of them. I did the test and the Nitrate are at the top of the safe zone.The Nitrites are high. The PH is about 6.5. Ammonia doesn't show up in the test. However the fish seem to be doing great. I have Tomatoes, corn, cucumbers, squash, Cantaloupe, Honeydew Mellon, Green beans, peas, bell peppers ect...
The lady at Petsmart stated that the nitrite level was no problem since no detectible Ammonia, PH is neutral, Nitrate is safe. However, the Nitrite level is at the top of the danger zone on the API test.
What can I do?
What media are you using in your dutch buckets? Do you have a separate biological filter? Do you have a separate solids filter?
Thank you. I have expanded clay as the media with lava rocks at the bottom of each bucket. All washed of its dust. I have a circular filter and then a Biological filter. The biological filter is plastic media along with plastic filter material that looks like cotton. I have oxygen going into the biological filter. The plants as stated are growing great. Fish seem to be doing well. I have changed out over 25% of the water and still have the nitrite level high.
Is this a new system? how long has it been in operation? and what type of biological filter are you using?